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Disable automatic updates
How can I prevent dropbox from automatically updating itself? The new dropbox 3 has a very anti-windows-7 UI that I don't like, so I reinstalled 2.10. How do I stop dropbox from continually install...
If you do not provide a facility for disabling auto-updates of the Mac app, I will plan to cancel my dropbox use. Auto-updates are an unacceptable security risk, because if your update servers are compromised, my workstations will be at risk.
Looks like Dropbox is taking the nefarious route of giving themselves the right to sneak whatever they want on your system. Definitely a good time to leave.
saiena wrote:
If you do not provide a facility for disabling auto-updates of the Mac app, I will plan to cancel my dropbox use. Auto-updates are an unacceptable security risk, because if your update servers are compromised, my workstations will be at risk.I too came across this feature with the latest update. There are several options you can take but you shouldn't have to. In the meantime I have uninstalled the Dropbox client on my Mac. You can still access it through your browser. It you do uninstall it be aware that uninstalling "DOES NOT" uninstall the autoupdate launch daemon in the library. Another option you can use is, if you have a firewall other than the one Apple provides, create a rule that will block the autoupdate daemon from connecting out. Neither option is really an acceptable solution as autoupdate should have never been added without a way to turn it off. Hope this helps you and I am curious to see if the actually allow this answer to be posted.
- Sanchez
Dropbox Community Moderator
Sanchez wrote:
I absolutely hate it when someone thinks they know what is best for my computer. An autoupdate that can't be turned off is really no different than a piece of malware. Having been using and working on computers for over 45 years I don't take kindly to things like this. As I mentioned I could have simply created a firewall rule to not allow it to communicate out but I shouldn't have to. But equally troubling is leaving a launch agent on the system, if you uninstall like most Mac users do, and that is inexcuseable.
Anyway, I felt that booting the app was the best interim solution as I can do what I need to do without the app. And thanks for your comment. developers need to know what people think.
